ANDOVER, Mass., March 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company
[NYSE: RTN] completed the first round of testing of the first
partially populated radar antenna array for the U.S. Army's Lower
Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, or LTAMDS. The milestone comes
less than five months after the U.S. Army selected Raytheon to
build LTAMDS, a next-generation radar that will defeat advanced
threats like hypersonic weapons.
"Concluding these initial tests brings Raytheon one step closer
to putting LTAMDS into the hands of service members," said
Tom Laliberty, vice president of
Integrated Air and Missile Defense at Raytheon's Integrated Defense
Systems business. "Raytheon and our supplier partners continue to
make the right investments in people, technology and manufacturing
capability to ensure we meet the U.S. Army's Urgent Materiel
Release."
The testing consisted of calibrating LTAMDS primary antenna
array in an indoor, climate controlled test range, and evaluating
its performance against simulated targets. With testing complete,
the array is being mounted on a precision-machined enclosure for
integration and further evaluation. It will then commence testing
at an outdoor range against real-world targets.
LTAMDS consists of a primary antenna array on the front of the
radar, and two secondary arrays on the rear. The radar antennas
work together to enable operators to simultaneously detect and
engage multiple threats from any direction, ensuring there are no
blind spots on the battlefield. LTAMDS' primary array is roughly
the same size as the Patriot™ radar array, but provides more than
twice Patriot's performance. While it is designed for the U.S.
Army's Integrated Air and Missile Defense system, LTAMDS will also
be able to preserve previous Patriot investments.
Raytheon is working closely with hundreds of suppliers across 42
states, including a core team playing a strategic role in
building the LTAMDS solution. They are:
- Crane Aerospace & Electronics
- Cummings Aerospace
- IERUS Technologies
- Kord Technologies
- Mercury Systems
- nLogic
About Raytheon
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billion and 70,000 employees, is a technology and innovation
leader specializing in defense, civil government and cybersecurity
solutions. With a history of innovation spanning 98 years, Raytheon
provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration,
C5I® products and services, sensing, effects, and
mission support for customers in more than 80 countries. Raytheon
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